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APPLICATION FILED MAR. a, 1913.

1,078,764. Patented Nov. 18, 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NEY ANGOOD, OF ROCKPORT, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WALTER S. PRICKETT, OF SIDNAW, IMIGHIGAN.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NEY ANGooD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Rockport, in the State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to safes, and more particularly to safes which are designed to successfully resist attempted burglary, and has for its principal object to provide a device of this character which is relatively simple yet strong, and which, due to the peculiar construction and combination of its parts, requires more time and effort to be blown open by explosives or otherwise illicitly entered than has heretofore been known in the are, so far as I am aware.

The invention will be fully explained in the following specification, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a sectional view upon the line 00-40 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is the central vertical section taken upon the line 02-00 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view upon the line yy of Fig. 2, with the wedge removed. Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the outside door and the adjacent main wall of the safe. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the wedge. Fig. 6 is an end elevation of the wedge.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, reference numeral 1 designates the main wall of the safe, which is incased in the envelop 2, preferably of asbestos or other suitable fire proof material. The main wall 1. is of steel and so tempered as to be difiicult to drill, seamless, and circular in cross section, as shown. Before complete assembly of the parts, the lower end of the outer cylindrical shell is open, and its upper end closed by the roof 5, the said roof and the main wall 1 being integral so as to leave no joints for the insertion of tools or the entrance of explosives. Around the internal surface of the main wall 1 is the annular groove 4, into which fits the annular flange or edge 5 of the plates 6, whose outer edges are semi-circular and of approximately the same radius as the depth of the annular channel 4. When the said plates are in place, as seen in Fig. 3, the spaces 7 and 8 are left, which are afterward filled with molten metal. The edges of the said plates form the channel 7 and are beveled so as to Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 3, 1913.

Patented Nov. 18, 1913.

Serial No. 751,825.

diverge downwardly, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3.

In order to pour the molten metal the outer shell is first inverted, the inner shell inserted within the outer shell, the plates 6 positioned as seen in Fig. 3 and held in that position'by thrusting the wedge 9 into the space 7 and then pouring the molten metal, indicated at 10 into the said space. The said wedge is much thinner than either of the plates 6, and it does not, therefore, entirely fill up the channel 7, in consequence of which the molten metal runs along in the said channel, out into the spaces 8 and finally around between the circular edges of the flanges 5 and the vertical wall of the annular channel 4. By this means the wedge 9 is firmly fixed in its position and the outer shell rendered substantially seamless. The inner shell of the safe is cylindrical, as shown, and its outer circular surf-ace wipes freely around within the main wall 1 of the outer shell. The wall of the inner shell is thickened at one side, as at 13, and upon its opposite side is the door 14, which may be provided with any approved form of lock. The top of the inner shell is closed by the roof 15, which is firmly fixed to said inner shell, and wipes freely around against the roof 5 of the outer shell, to which it is pivoted at 15*. Secured to the lower end of the said inner shell is the circular bottom 16, in the under side of which is the ball race 17, which contains the anti-friction balls 18, which rest upon the plates 6. The circular bottom 16 is suitably bored to loosely receive the pin 16 which passes through the wedge 9 in a driving fit. Firmly fixed to the lower edge of the main wall 1 is the steel bottom plate 19, the space between which and the under side of the plates 6 is filled with asbestos 20.

Extending upwardly from the edge of the opening 21, for the door 21 (hung upon its hinges 21 is the recess 22, within the roof of which is slidably mounted the stem 23, pivotally connected, at 24, to the bell crank 25, which is pivoted at 26, t0 the wall 1, the said wall being recessed-as shown at 27 to allow the necessary movement of the said bell crank. Slidable within the wall 1 is the bolt 28, whose free end is adapted to enter a suitable recess in the thickened portion 13, of the inner shell of the device, and to whose opposite end is pivotally connected, at 29,

which extends from the bolt, and around to cause the release of the bolt 28 from the inner shell. Beneath the door 21 the wall I is bored partially through. at- 30, to slidably receive the bolt 31 which is constantly urged toward the center of the device by the helical spring 32, one end of which bears against the said bolt and its opposite end against the portion of the wall 1 which is indicated at 33, the latter being suitably counter bored to slidably receive the stem 34 which the said spring is coiled. The bolt 31. cooperates with the opening 31 in a similar manner to that in which the bolt 28 cooperates with its recess in the wall of the inner shell of the device, as will be understood. Upon the door 21 is the annular flange 35, upon the under side of which is the, tongue 36 which fits into the corresponding channel 37 in the main wall 1, and sufficiently loosely to allow the door to swing upon its hinges 21 The door 21* has the usual knob 38, which may control any approved form of combination lock for the saiddoor. The interior of the inner shell of the device may be divided into various compartments for the reception of valuables, to suit conditions.

While I have shown a particular form of embodiment of my invention, I am aware that;many changes in the details thereof will readily suggest themselves to others, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, andI do not, therefore, desire to be limited to the exact form hereina-bove described, except as limited in the appended claims.

What I claim as new, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination in a safe, of an outer hollow, circular member, having its walls and top integral with each other and an internal annular groove near its lower edge and an annularly flanged bottom, the flange of which bottom is adapted to enter the said internal groove, a circular bottom above said flanged bottom and in spaced relation thereto, anti-friction means between said bottoms, a hollow circular member fixed to said circular bottom and centrally pivoted between the said flanged bottom and the top of said outer member, and a door in each of said members and in a common horizontal plane with each other.

2. The combination in a safe, of an outer hollow, circular member which has its walls and top integral with each other, and an internal annular groove near its lower edge, a normally divided bottom and a flange thereon which is adapted to be positioned within the annular groove in the outer member, whereby spaces are left in the horizontal plane of the said bottom and between the parts thereof, for the reception of molten metal.

3. The combination in a safe, of an outer hollow, circular member having its walls and top integral with each other, and an internal annular groove near its lower edge, anormally divided bottom and a flange thereon adapted to be inserted into the said annular groove whereby a space is left between the parts of the said bottom and into whichmolten metal may be poured to join the said parts together, a circular bottom above the said divided bottom and antifriction balls between the said bottoms, a hollow circular inner member fixed to said circular bottom and which is centrally pivoted within the said outer member and upon a common axis therewith.

NEY ANGOO'D.

Witnesses:

FRED P. GORIN, R. L. SMALLEY.

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